[Siltovis—Outer District—4 Jeanne Road—Cupboard Under the Stairs]
[Mr. Annan Potter (Recipient)]
Annan received a letter on parchment, its address written in vivid emerald-green ink. On the back of the envelope, a wax seal bore a shield surrounded by a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake.
Before Annan could read the letter, his uncle snatched it away. He tore open the envelope, but the words inside made his hands tremble and his face turn pale as porridge.
"Petunia!" his stout uncle called breathlessly. His thin aunt took one look and clutched her throat, unable to breathe.
They angrily burned Annan's letter, only to find cats carrying more letters all over the Street outside. They shut themselves in a room, but the letters poured into the house like air—through the windows, under the doors, and down the chimney. To escape whoever was sending them, his uncle's family left Siltovis for an island in Obiris Strait.
On a stormy night, Hagrid burst into the island's lighthouse and handed Annan a gift in person. Then he told Annan he was actually a mage—
His spiteful aunt revealed the truth: Annan's parents had both been mages, and they had not died in a shipwreck. She hated mages and had treated the boy she adopted like a servant. Now she feared he would become a mage and take revenge on them.
Just then, Hagrid caught Annan's cousin Greg eating the gift meant for Annan. With a clumsy Transformation Spell, he turned Greg into a pig, plunging the room into shrieks and a frantic chase.
"Cut!"
At Vice Dean Boris's shout, the chaos in the lighthouse ceased.
A mage changed Theophilus back. The uncle and aunt dropped their obnoxious expressions, while Tina dispelled the illusion. The storm outside vanished, leaving snowflakes drifting down and melting